16.30-17.00
Tile Museum (Yakub Bey II Complex)
Opening Paper
The opening paper establishing the scholarly frame of the symposium.
| Speaker | Paper / Title |
|---|---|
| Marmara University Faculty of Theology | Opening Paper |
12-14 June 2026 · Kütahya
Program
Program flow and session structure.
12 June 2026, Friday
Opening Day
Tile Museum (Yakub Bey II Complex)
17.30-19.00
Tile Museum (Yakub Bey II Complex)
Opening Session
An opening session evaluating the Germiyan legacy through history, culture, politics, and civilizational memory.
| Speaker |
|---|
| (Will participate online) |
| (Will participate online) |
| Rector, Muş Alparslan University |
| Anadolu University |
| Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University |
13 June 2026, Saturday
Parallel Sessions
Çini Müzesi (II. Yakub Külliyesi) / Vacidiye Medresesi
Time
Tile Museum (Yakub Bey II Complex)
Vacidiye Madrasa
10:00-11:15
Session 1: Origins and Historical Identity of Germiyan
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Süleyman KIZILTOPRAK
Session 2: Waqf, Madrasa, and Material Heritage of Germiyan
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Hasan Basri ÖCALAN
11:15-11:30
Coffee / refreshments break
11:30-12:45
Session 3: Political Legacy and State Organization of Germiyan
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Mustafa ALİCAN
Session 4: Literary Heritage of Germiyan — Poets, Works, and Literary Identity
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Selma GÜLSEVİN
12:45-14:00
Lunch break
14:00-15:15
Session 5: Diplomatic and Military Relations of Germiyan
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Ahmet TEKİN
Session 6: Scholarly and Intellectual Heritage of Germiyan
Session Chair: Dr. Nazif Yılmaz
15:15-15:30
Coffee / refreshments break
15:30-16:45
Session 7: Linguistic Heritage of Germiyan — Language, Dialect, and Social Life
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Hüseyin ŞEYHANLIOĞLU
Session 8: Daily Life, Society, and Culture in Germiyan
Session Chair: Dr. Zülkif Dağlı
16:45-17:00
Brief closing / general evaluation
10:00-11:15
Tile Museum (Yakub Bey II Complex)
Session 1: Origins and Historical Identity of Germiyan
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Süleyman KIZILTOPRAK
Papers on the origins and historical identity of Germiyan, its Khwarazmian connections, and its place in Turkish history.
| Speaker | Paper / Title |
|---|---|
| Kütahya Dumlupınar University | On the Origins of the Germiyanoğulları |
| Kütahya Dumlupınar University | The Place and Significance of the Germiyanids in Turkish History |
| Selçuk University | The Bey of the Opposition: The Impact of the Mongol Invasion on the Foundation of the Germiyanoğulları: Turkmens, Ahis, and Sufis |
| Urgench State University | Khwarazmian Traces in the Germiyanid Beylik: The Horzumlular |
| Bursa Uludağ University | Germiyan Through an Orientalist Lens: Debates on Origins in Light of Romain Thurin’s Theses |
10:00-11:15
Vacidiye Madrasa
Session 2: Waqf, Madrasa, and Material Heritage of Germiyan
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Hasan Basri ÖCALAN
Germiyan’s institutional and urban memory through waqfs, madrasas, inscriptions, and material heritage.
| Speaker | Paper / Title |
|---|---|
| Hacı Bayram Veli University | Germiyan Mirası Bir Eğitim Kurumu Olarak Vâcidiye Medresesi: Kurumsal Yapı ve Rasathane Tartışmaları |
| Afyon Kocatepe University | Germiyanid Yakub Bey’s Allocation for Medina |
| Marmara University (retired) | Germiyanid Inscriptions |
| Kütahya Dumlupınar University | Kütahya Waqfs of the Germiyan Period in the 18th Century: An Overview |
11:15-11:30
Coffee / refreshments break
11:30-12:45
Tile Museum (Yakub Bey II Complex)
Session 3: Political Legacy and State Organization of Germiyan
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Mustafa ALİCAN
State organization, Seljuk legacy, political tradition, relations with the Sahip Ataoğulları, and symbols of sovereignty.
| Speaker | Paper / Title |
|---|---|
| Rector, Muş Alparslan University | Sahip Ataoğulları-Germiyan Relations |
| Karadeniz Technical University | Germiyan Coins in the Tracks of the Struggle for Sovereignty |
| Kütahya Dumlupınar University | The Germiyanoğulları during the Dissolution of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum and the Representation of the Seljuk Legacy in Western Anatolia |
| Independent Researcher | The Relationship of the Germiyanid Beylik with the Political Tradition of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum |
| Kütahya Dumlupınar University | State Organization and Political Philosophy among the Germiyanoğulları |
11:30-12:45
Vacidiye Madrasa
Session 4: Literary Heritage of Germiyan — Poets, Works, and Literary Identity
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Selma GÜLSEVİN
Poets, works, literary arts, Turkish textual production, and the Germiyan influence extending into Ottoman literary identity.
| Speaker | Paper / Title |
|---|---|
| Selçuk University | Quranic Verses on Literary Arts in Ahmedî-yi Germiyânî’s “Bedâyi‘u’s-Sihr fî Sanâyi‘i’ş-Şi‘r” |
| Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University | Ruler-Poet Relations and Turkish Works in the Germiyanid Beylik |
| Kütahya Dumlupınar University | From Summit to Foundation: Germiyan Literary Hegemony and the Construction of Ottoman Literary Identity |
| Hacı Bayram Veli University | The Role of the Germiyanid Beylik in the Formation of Anatolian Turkish Literature |
| Ankara University | Germiyan Poets in the Ottoman Nazire Tradition |
12:45-14:00
Lunch break
14:00-15:15
Tile Museum (Yakub Bey II Complex)
Session 5: Diplomatic and Military Relations of Germiyan
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Ahmet TEKİN
Diplomatics, official correspondence practices, Mamluk and Ottoman sources, Catalan activities, and early Ottoman narratives.
| Speaker | Paper / Title |
|---|---|
| Necmettin Erbakan University | Ottoman-Germiyanid Official Correspondence Practices and Diplomatic Conceptions in the Context of Ahdnames as a Type of Berat |
| Independent Researcher | The Germiyanoğulları from the Pen of a Mamluk Bureau Secretary: A Study in Light of Masālik al-Abṣār and al-Taʿrīf |
| Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University | The Germiyanids in Early Ottoman Narratives |
| Necmettin Erbakan University | The Activities of the Catalans among the Germiyanoğulları and in Kütahya |
14:00-15:15
Vacidiye Madrasa
Session 6: Scholarly and Intellectual Heritage of Germiyan
Session Chair: Dr. Nazif Yılmaz
Germiyan’s scholarly accumulation through jurisprudence, philosophy, theoretical thought, Sufism, and madrasa heritage.
| Speaker | Paper / Title |
|---|---|
| Hacı Bayram Veli University | A Forgotten Sufi in the Land of Germiyan: A Study on Sait Emre |
| Bursa Uludağ University | Germiyan Fakihi Molla Abdülvâcid el-Kütahyavî: el-İhtiyârât Adlı Nükâye Şerhi Üzerine Bir İnceleme |
| Kütahya Dumlupınar University | Germiyan Madrasas |
| Kütahya Dumlupınar University | Philosophy and Theoretical Thought in the Germiyanid Period: The Examples of Molla Abdülvâcid and Şeyhî |
| Kütahya Dumlupınar University | Sufism in the Germiyanid Period |
15:15-15:30
Coffee / refreshments break
15:30-16:45
Tile Museum (Yakub Bey II Complex)
Session 7: Linguistic Heritage of Germiyan — Language, Dialect, and Social Life
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Hüseyin ŞEYHANLIOĞLU
Old Anatolian Turkish, dialect studies, onomastic heritage, and the traces of social life in language.
| Speaker | Paper / Title |
|---|---|
| Kütahya Dumlupınar University | The Role of Şeyhoğlu Mustafa in the Formation of Old Anatolian Turkish |
| Ege University, retired | The Role of the Germiyan-Kütahya Regional Dialects in the Formation of Oghuz Turkish as a Written Language in Anatolia |
| Kütahya Dumlupınar University | Social Life among the Poets of Germiyan |
| Ottoman Archives Specialist | The Turkification of the Language of State: Turkified Political Concepts in Germiyanlı Şeyhoğlu Mustafa |
| Kütahya Health Sciences University | From the Germiyan Palace to the Ottoman Palace, a Poet-Physician: Şeyhî |
| Urgench State University | Initial Observations on Possible Similarities between the Dialect Features of Anatolian Horzumlular and Khwarazmian Turkish |
15:30-16:45
Vacidiye Madrasa
Session 8: Daily Life, Society, and Culture in Germiyan
Session Chair: Dr. Zülkif Dağlı
Daily life, non-Muslim communities, cultural pioneers, horse culture, textiles, and economic perspectives.
| Speaker | Paper / Title |
|---|---|
| Kütahya Dumlupınar University | Germiyan Textiles |
| Necmettin Erbakan University | The Religious, Administrative, and Social Conditions of Non-Muslims in the Germiyanid Beylik Period |
| Bursa Uludağ University | The Economic Life of the Germiyanoğulları Beylik: A Study on Trade Networks |
| Erzurum Technical University | Pioneering Figures from Germiyan in the Construction of Ottoman Culture |
| Independent Researcher | Horse Culture among the Germiyanoğulları |
16:45-17:00
Brief closing / general evaluation
14 June 2026, Sunday
Excursion Program
Kütahya
10.30-14.30
Kütahya
Excursion Program
A Kütahya excursion with symposium participants.
Speaker